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The article give the impression that flushable wipes are primarily responsible for the formation of the fatbergs. The references supporting this are quotes from municipal employees who have no cited expertise in distinguishing flushable wipes from non flushable wipes.
The article gives the impression that flushable wipes are primarily responsible for the formation of the fatbergs. The references supporting this are quotes from municipal employees who have no cited expertise in distinguishing flushable wipes from non flushable wipes.


What effort that has been done indicates that a small percentage of the fat berg wipes are of the flushable type and that flushing non flushable wipes is the instigating culprit.
What effort that has been done indicates that a small percentage of the fat berg wipes are of the flushable type and that flushing non flushable wipes is the instigating culprit.
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What can be done to indicate the quotes are the unstudied opinion of someone adversely affected by the fatbergs?
What can be done to indicate the quotes are the unstudied opinion of someone adversely affected by the fatbergs?


What can be done to inform readers of the significance of the difference between flushable and non flushable wipes? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Richwierd2|Richwierd2]] ([[User talk:Richwierd2#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Richwierd2|contribs]]) 20:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
What can be done to inform readers of the significance of the difference between flushable and non flushable wipes? [[User:Richwierd2|Richwierd2]] ([[User talk:Richwierd2|talk]]) 20:34, 8 June 2019 (UTC) <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Richwierd2|Richwierd2]] ([[User talk:Richwierd2#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Richwierd2|contribs]]) 20:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


==Possible source==
==Possible source==

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The article gives the impression that flushable wipes are primarily responsible for the formation of the fatbergs. The references supporting this are quotes from municipal employees who have no cited expertise in distinguishing flushable wipes from non flushable wipes.

What effort that has been done indicates that a small percentage of the fat berg wipes are of the flushable type and that flushing non flushable wipes is the instigating culprit.

What can be done to indicate the quotes are the unstudied opinion of someone adversely affected by the fatbergs?

What can be done to inform readers of the significance of the difference between flushable and non flushable wipes? Richwierd2 (talk) 20:34, 8 June 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richwierd2 (talkcontribs) 20:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/feb/04/fatberg-museum-london-display-pickling-age-waste


©Geni (talk) 17:44, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Undue British focus

This article focuses unduly on England. Sure this phenomenon exists in other places as well? Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it does, however different sewage treatment and regulations in other countries often reduce the likelihood of a Fatberg to be created. Currently even the foreign language wikipedias mostly concentrate on the British cases.--Kmhkmh (talk) 23:22, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-fatberg NYC campaign

The government of New York City has launched an initiative against fatbergs at fatbergfree.nyc This should be mentioned in the article somewhere. --2601:8C:4500:4680:137:E155:1D9E:40BE (talk) 06:47, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]